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Where Am I From?, Kimberli Pacheco

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Una Vida Sin Mamá Y Hermanos, Luis Eduardo Rodriguez

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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The Healing Words Of Nature, Sky Kili

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Interviews

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Necesidad Y Sacrificio: San Ysidro, Su Frontera, Y Su Gente, Anitza Monarrez

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Naypyidaw, Matt Aung

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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My Debt, Valeria Ruiz

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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La Mejor Medicina, Marco A. Cruz Hernandez

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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I Am Not Afraid, Karen Zurita

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Gregorio Muniz (X3), Gregorio Muniz

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Gracias A Dios, Carmen Benavides-Garb

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Enough., Carmen Sahagun

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Al Caer La Noche La Mariposa Desvanece, Nayali Abarca

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Deseo Poder Concerte, Hansell Vásquez

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Ama, Arianna Bucio

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Chicana, Para El Norte, Kacie E. Figueroa

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Dejandolo Todo, Luis Francisco Martínez

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Aprender A Vivir, Emmanuel C. Montoya

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Mi Lugar Favorito, Anilu Rodriguez

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Introduction

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Preliminary Pages

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Courageous Cuentos Vol. 6 2023

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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The Influence Of Bolded Keywords In Online News Texts On Reading Speed And Comprehension For Heritage+ Learners Of Arabic, Marwah Khost Aljarkas

Theses and Dissertations

Learners and readers of Arabic, especially Heritage Language Learners, suffer more than ever from the lack of focus while reading online texts. This becomes a challenge that negatively impacts their overall learning process. This paper explores the influence of one salience feature - bolded keywords - over reading speed and comprehension amongst Heritage+ Learners of Arabic. Heritage+ refers to Arabs living in the Arab world, but who have minimum exposure to the language. Thirty-two students, who are Heritage+ Learners of Arabic, currently studying at the American University in Cairo and belong to Generation Z (18-25 years), participated in the study. …

What Could A Trans Book History Look Like? Toward Trans Codicology, J D. Sargan

Criticism

This article draws on critical trans studies and queer archival practice to propose a book historical mode that extends what we know about the premodern trans experience beyond the recovery of individual biographies. Instead of turning to textual sources for the identification of transness, the author looks to Susan Stryker’s call for the “recuperat[ion of] embodied knowing as a formally legitimated basis of knowledge production.” Bibliography, he suggests, makes claims of objectivity that engender a particular reluctance to respond to such calls. But the lived reality of archival research is one of affective embodiment. Affect theory is an area that, …

“Come Think With Me”: Finding Communion In The Liberatory Textual Practices Of Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Jehan L. Roberson

Criticism

Defining text as anything that can be read, self-identified learner and artist Kameelah Janan Rasheed explores reading as radical communion within her multifaceted textual practice. A 2021 Guggenheim Fellow, Rasheed’s work spans vast bodies of knowledge and temporalities to interrogate both the aesthetic and the limits of the text. At times producing collages with letters cut out from books in her own expansive library, and at other times posting scans from various books that are marked up with her rigorous note-taking, Rasheed approaches the text as an invitation to commune with the author in order to collectively arrive at new …

Warp/Weft/Word: Inscriptive Materiality, Epistemological Violence, And The Inka Khipu, Travis Sharp

Criticism

Many competing theories of the Indigenous inscription practice known as the khipu have been offered, from L. Leland Locke’s long-standing postulation that khipus are accounting devices, to Walter Ong’s description of them as aide-mémoire, to Gary Urton’s more experimental theory that they constituted an early form of binary composition. Just as fraught is the history of the khipu, which were utilized by the Inka, intermediated by Spanish and Catholic authorities in their legal and religious systems, and, finally, banned and burned as seditious and sacrilegious. Contemporary khipus are primarily limited to those used by herders, but Chilean American poet-artist Cecilia …

Food, Drink, Time, New Year And Cloth, Jian Li

Masters Theses

My project uses traditional Chinese calligraphy culture and my own family stories to create five daily use products to help my user find a sense of belonging to Chinese culture and also introduce my culture and stories to all audiences.

As an international student who came to the US, I have often struggled with a lack of cultural identity and belonging. This is a common issue faced by many who choose to leave their homes and venture to new places. However, I believe that we can overcome this by creating products that generate an emotional connection with their users.

A Presence Of P____ And W__Th, Riley Wilson

Masters Theses

This body of work examines the involvement of association as it relates to our cultural interpretations of natural phenomena. Flowers and animals, both real and imagined, have been used as symbols for human morality since the beginning of human history. Two sources with which I drew inspiration from are medieval bestiaries and the Victorian practice of flower language. By combining elements from these references, I aim to pair this idea about the human need for classification with my own considerations about my identity. In combination, I also aim to highlight the responsibility that is intrinsic to curiosity. When faced with …

The Brothers Grimm Fairytale Cookboook, Grace Therriault

Graphic Communication

Modern technology and the Internet have made cookbooks relatively obsolete. Nowadays you only see them as coffee table decoration, something to flip through but not actually use. Designing a creative and fun children’s’ cookbook based on some of the famous Brothers Grimm fairytales, will encourage kids, ages 5-12, to have some fun in the kitchen and use their imagination to whip up some incredible edibles. This opportunity creates a window for children to get excited about a book and translate what they read into the real world. Lastly, this project is important to me because it the impact experimenting in …

From The Paper To The Stars, Morgan Jefferson Smith

Masters Theses

The document “From the Paper to the Stars” is a concise Thesis evoking the powerful art of literature. The first section is constructed to a minimal recount of the author's past when the spark for writing began in a preschool classroom, followed by inspiration from great authors (J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, to name a few) instilling a purpose to write as a commission to the Lord. The critical evaluation showcases the research of certain fiction, or fantasy, is rooted in mythological ideological reputation. However, such a genre is shown to be a tool for Christian writers to illustrate the …